How Long to Read The Cairo Trilogy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cairo Trilogy?

It takes the average reader 23 hours and 31 minutes to read The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize—winning writer’s masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain’s occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons–the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad’s rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. Sugar Street brings Mahfouz’s vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. Throughout the trilogy, the family’s trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller.

How long is The Cairo Trilogy?

The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz is 1,368 pages long, and a total of 352,944 words.

This makes it 462% the length of the average book. It also has 431% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cairo Trilogy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 32 hours and 8 minutes to read The Cairo Trilogy aloud.

What Reading Level is The Cairo Trilogy?

The Cairo Trilogy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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